"House of Cards (U.S. TV series) House of Cards is an American political thriller web television series created by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of the 1990 BBC miniseries of the same title and based on the novel of the same title by Michael Dobbs. The first 13-episode season was released on February 1, 2013, on the streaming service Netflix. ""House of Cards"" is set in Washington, D.C. and is the story of Congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from South Carolina's 5th congressional district and House Majority Whip. He is passed over for appointment as Secretary of"
"Michael Dobbs Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and best-selling author, most notably for his ""House of Cards"" trilogy. Michael Dobbs was born on 14 November 1948 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, the son of nurseryman Eric and Eileen Dobbs. He was educated at Hertford Grammar School, Cheshunt Grammar School, and Christ Church, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford in 1971 with a degree in PPE, Dobbs moved to the United States. He attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and graduated in 1977 with an M.A., M.A.L.D., and"
"Corporate Communications. From 1988 to 1991, he was Deputy Chairman, working directly under Maurice Saatchi. From 1991 to 1998, Dobbs was a columnist for ""The Mail on Sunday"" newspaper. From 1998 to 2001, he hosted the current affairs programme ""Despatch Box"" on BBC Two. Michael Dobbs' writing career began in 1989 with the publication of ""House of Cards"", the first in what would become a trilogy of political thrillers with Francis Urquhart as the central character; ""House of Cards"" was followed by ""To Play the King"" in 1992 and ""The Final Cut"" in 1994. In 1990 ""House of Cards"" was"
"House of Cards (1993 film) House of Cards is a 1993 American drama film co-written and directed by Michael Lessac and starring Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones. It follows the struggle of a mother to reconnect with her daughter who has been traumatized by the death of her father. The film premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by Miramax Films for distribution in June of the same year. Following the death of her husband, Ruth Matthews moved her family to a quiet suburb, hoping to put the past behind them. While her son Michael is"
"his wife is a calculation."" Francis Urquhart Francis Ewan Urquhart is a fictional character created by Michael Dobbs. Francis Urquhart is the main character in Dobbs's ""House of Cards"" trilogy: ""House of Cards"" (1990), ""To Play the King"" (1993) and ""The Final Cut"" (1995). His name is sometimes shortened to F.U. He was portrayed in the BBC TV adaptations by Ian Richardson, who won a BAFTA award for his performance. ""House of Cards"" follows Urquhart, a Conservative and the government chief whip, as he manoeuvres himself through blackmail, manipulation and murder to the post of Prime Minister. ""To Play the"
"Andrew Davies (writer) Andrew Wynford Davies (; born 20 September 1936) is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for ""House of Cards"" and ""A Very Peculiar Practice"", and his adaptations of ""Vanity Fair"", ""Pride and Prejudice"", ""Middlemarch"", and ""War & Peace"". He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002. Davies was born in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales. He attended Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff and then University College, London, where he received a BA in English in 1957. He took a teaching position at St. Clement Danes Grammar School in London, where he was on the teaching staff"
"Francis Urquhart Francis Ewan Urquhart is a fictional character created by Michael Dobbs. Francis Urquhart is the main character in Dobbs's ""House of Cards"" trilogy: ""House of Cards"" (1990), ""To Play the King"" (1993) and ""The Final Cut"" (1995). His name is sometimes shortened to F.U. He was portrayed in the BBC TV adaptations by Ian Richardson, who won a BAFTA award for his performance. ""House of Cards"" follows Urquhart, a Conservative and the government chief whip, as he manoeuvres himself through blackmail, manipulation and murder to the post of Prime Minister. ""To Play the King"" sees Prime Minister Urquhart"
"British politician and author of the political thriller ""House of Cards"". Michael Dobbs (American author) Michael Dobbs (born 1950) is a British-American non-fiction author and journalist. Dobbs was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and graduated from the University of York in 1972, with a BA in Economic & Social History, and completed fellowships at Princeton and Harvard. He became a U.S. citizen in 2010. Dobbs spent much of his career as a foreign correspondent covering the collapse of communism. He was the first Western reporter to visit the Gdansk shipyard in August 1980; he also covered the Tiananmen Square uprising"
"Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel ""Ender's Game"" (1985) and its sequel ""Speaker for the Dead"" (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years. A feature film adaptation of ""Ender's Game"", which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card is a professor of English at Southern Virginia University, has written two books on creative writing, hosts writing"
"House of Cards (Cohan book) House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street is the second book written by William D. Cohan. It was released on March 10, 2009 by Doubleday. The book chronicles the history of Bear Stearns, from its founding in 1923 to its fire sale to JP Morgan in 2008, following the subprime mortgage crisis. It also gives the reader an inside glance of Bear Stearns senior management and the company's growth into the fifth largest investment firm, before its collapse. The book documents the rise of Alan ""Ace"" Greenberg, and his"
"won numerous awards for single works. In 1978, the Harold B. Lee Library acquired the Orson Scott Card papers, which included Card's works, writing notes and letters, and in 2007 the collection was formally opened. Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel ""Ender's Game"" (1985) and its sequel ""Speaker for the Dead"" (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in"
"able to adapt, her daughter, Sally, is apparently traumatized by the experience and starts displaying unusual behavior. Ruth is later court mandated to see Jake Beerlander, an expert in child autism, to help Sally. House of Cards (1993 film) House of Cards is a 1993 American drama film co-written and directed by Michael Lessac and starring Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones. It follows the struggle of a mother to reconnect with her daughter who has been traumatized by the death of her father. The film premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by Miramax Films for"
"Susannah Harker Susannah Harker (born ) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1990 for her role as Mattie Storin in ""House of Cards"". The daughter of actress Polly Adams and actor Richard Owens, she is the sister of fellow actresses Nelly Harker and Caroline Harker. Harker was born in London. She and her younger sister, Caroline (also an actress on stage and screen) were brought up as Catholics and educated at a ""strict"" independent convent boarding school run by nuns in Sussex, and at the Central School of Speech"
"House of Cards (1968 film) House of Cards is a 1969 Technicolor crime film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, Inger Stevens, and Orson Welles. Filmed in France and Italy, it marked the second time that Peppard and Guillermin worked together (they had previously collaborated on the 1966 film ""The Blue Max""). Reno Davis (George Peppard) is an American writer who has recently retired from boxing. Now unemployed and broke in France, he finds the wealthy widow of a French general. Anne de Villemont (Inger Stevens) is attracted to Reno's stoicism and they become lovers. She also hires"
"Michael J. Lyons Michael J. Lyons (born August 10, 1951; Darby, Pennsylvania) is an American professional motivational speaker, actor and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles in the Netflix TV series House of Cards, Outsiders, What Would You Do?, and Veep. Lyons is a native and current resident of Philadelphia. He was born to Frances Katherine Lyons (née Wiethoff), a painter, former model and actress; and John T. Lyons Jr., an advertising executive and member of the 1940 U.S. Olympic Rowing team. Lyons and his five siblings grew up in Havertown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. In June"
"Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, of the Dukes of Leuchtenberg, and of Napoleon's first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais (though she is not a descendant of Napoleon himself). Corey Stoll Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather on the American television horror/suspense series ""The Strain"" on the FX network, as well as Congressman Peter Russo in ""House of Cards"", for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013. He was a regular cast member on the NBC drama series """" (2010–2011), and portrayed the"
"Nicole Krauss Nicole Krauss (born August 18, 1974) is an American author best known for her four novels ""Man Walks Into a Room"" (2002), ""The History of Love"" (2005), ""Great House"" (2010) and ""Forest Dark"" (2017). Her fiction has been published in ""The New Yorker"", ""Harper's"", ""Esquire"", and ""Granta's Best American Novelists Under 40"", and has been collected in ""Best American Short Stories 2003"" and ""Best American Short Stories 2008"". Her novels have been translated into 35 languages. In 2010, she was selected as one of ""The New Yorker's"" ""20 Under 40"" writers to watch. In 2011, Nicole Krauss won"
"Ian Flanders Ian Mark Flanders (born March 25, 1990) is an American actor, director, writer and producer. He was born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, and is known for his work on Tom Hayden: ""In Hiding"" (2016), ""The Deal"" (2010) and ""House of Cards"" (2013). Ian Mark Flanders was born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, to Rita Singer, an art therapist, and Will Flanders who ran a law firm. After his parents divorced, his mother moved the two of them to Reisterstown, Maryland. Flanders attended Franklin High School, where he was a member of the soccer and lacrosse teams. Flanders is best friends with"
"Cards"" protagonist, Francis Urquhart. Dobbs stated that had not planned to write the book saying, ""None of this was planned. It was all a bit of a joke, an accident. I had no intention of being a writer, or even finishing the book. It was just a holiday distraction."" Dobbs insists that it is not a ""book of revenge"", but ""most of the stuff I put into ""House of Cards"" was material from events I'd either seen, or participated in, or done, or watched other people do."" Dobbs has also stated that book was not a comment on contemporary politics,"
"Frank Underwood (House of Cards) Francis J. Underwood is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American adaptation of ""House of Cards"", portrayed by Kevin Spacey. He is depicted as a ruthless politician who rises from House Majority Whip to President of the United States through treachery, deception and murder. He is based on Francis Urquhart, the protagonist of the British novel and television series ""House of Cards"", from which the American Netflix series is drawn. He is married to Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), but also had a sexual relationship with Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) in season 1. He"
"always working, so to me acting was never connected to something good, and I had never realized what an art it was. I thought it was just playtime."" Boris McGiver Boris McGiver (born January 23, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in projects such as ""Lincoln"", ""House of Cards"", ""The Wire"", ""Killing Kennedy"", and ""Person of Interest"". Of Irish and Ukrainian descent, he is the second youngest of ten children born to actor John McGiver and his wife, Ruth Schmigelsky McGiver. He was not initially eager to follow in his father's footsteps, and has stated,"
"(2002), ""Zodiac"" (2007), ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"" (2011) and ""Gone Girl"" (2014). He was also instrumental in the creation of the Netflix series ""House of Cards"" (2013–2018) and ""Mindhunter"" (2017–present). His films ""Zodiac"" and ""The Social Network"" are ranked in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century. Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado, the son of Claire Mae (née Boettcher), a mental health nurse from South Dakota who worked in drug addiction programs, and Howard Kelly ""Jack"" Fincher, an author from Oklahoma who worked as a reporter and bureau chief for ""Life"". Howard"
"Award (Canton Ad Club) for Copywriting - 1988 - 1997 - 1998 Joe Clifford Faust Joe Clifford Faust (born 1957) is an American author best known for his seven science fiction novels primarily written during the 1980s and 1990s, including ""A Death of Honor"", ""The Company Man"", the ""Angel's Luck"" Trilogy (all published by Del Rey Books), and the satirical Pembroke Hall novels (published by Bantam Spectra). His novels are known for their tightly controlled plots and their sense of humor. Like many authors, he draws inspiration from previous and current occupations, including projectionist, record store clerk, radio announcer, sheriff's"
"greater pleasure and admiration."" 3230397609715 Cards of Identity Cards Of Identity is a novel by Nigel Dennis, first published in 1955 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK and Vanguard Press in the US. A satire on psychology, identity theory and class prejudice, the novel is centred on the Identity Club, a group of men who call themselves psychologists and meet once a year to present case histories promoting their chosen theory of identity. The case histories are in fact fictional representations of a character in line with their theoretical biases, rather than analyses of real patients. Surrounding this plot"
"Beau Willimon Pack Beauregard ""Beau"" Willimon (born October 26, 1977) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He helped develop the Netflix American version of the series ""House of Cards"" and served as showrunner for the first four seasons. Currently, Willimon is working on a series for Hulu about the first mission to Mars, set to premiere in 2018. Beau Willimon was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Nancy and Henry Pack Willimon. His father was a captain in the United States Navy and the family moved frequently. Willimon lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before settling in St."
"Beau Willimon Pack Beauregard ""Beau"" Willimon (born October 26, 1977) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He helped develop the Netflix American version of the series ""House of Cards"" and served as showrunner for the first four seasons. Currently, Willimon is working on a series for Hulu about the first mission to Mars, set to premiere in 2018. Beau Willimon was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Nancy and Henry Pack Willimon. His father was a captain in the United States Navy and the family moved frequently. Willimon lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before settling in St."
"Boris McGiver Boris McGiver (born January 23, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in projects such as ""Lincoln"", ""House of Cards"", ""The Wire"", ""Killing Kennedy"", and ""Person of Interest"". Of Irish and Ukrainian descent, he is the second youngest of ten children born to actor John McGiver and his wife, Ruth Schmigelsky McGiver. He was not initially eager to follow in his father's footsteps, and has stated, ""I kind of denied it [acting] throughout my childhood because my dad was an actor and he was never around. He had to feed 10 kids, he was"
"Alabama Men's Hall of Fame. In the Netflix web series ""House of Cards"", the main character, Frank Underwood, shares the same last name as Underwood. The name was chosen as Frank Underwood is the current Democratic House Whip, the same position which Oscar Underwood was the first to hold. Oscar Underwood Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the United States Senate, and the only individual"
"would rather not know this stuff. I'd rather do it because it's true and because I accidentally wind up creating something that falls into this pattern than be told what the pattern is."" Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series ""The Sandman"" and novels ""Stardust"", ""American Gods"", ""Coraline"", and ""The Graveyard Book"". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery"
"The House of Breath The House of Breath is a novel written by the American author William Goyen. It was his first book, published in 1950. It is not a novel in the usual sense in that it lacks traditional plot and character development. Upon its publication, reviewers noted the book for its unusual literary technique and style. Goyen called it a series of “arias”. Some critics have called it not a novel at all but a work to be read as poetry, over and over. The book touches on themes of family (kinship), human sexuality, place, time, and memory."
"New York. Nicole Krauss Nicole Krauss (born August 18, 1974) is an American author best known for her four novels ""Man Walks Into a Room"" (2002), ""The History of Love"" (2005), ""Great House"" (2010) and ""Forest Dark"" (2017). Her fiction has been published in ""The New Yorker"", ""Harper's"", ""Esquire"", and ""Granta's Best American Novelists Under 40"", and has been collected in ""Best American Short Stories 2003"" and ""Best American Short Stories 2008"". Her novels have been translated into 35 languages. In 2010, she was selected as one of ""The New Yorker's"" ""20 Under 40"" writers to watch. In 2011, Nicole"
"[interviewer laughs] (BBC interview, aired Nov. 22, 2018) Isabel Allende Isabel Allende (; born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre of ""magical realism"", is famous for novels such as ""The House of the Spirits"" (""La casa de los espíritus"", 1982) and ""City of the Beasts"" (""La ciudad de las bestias"", 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called ""the world's most widely read Spanish-language author."" In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President"
"seen lying on the desk of protagonist Frank Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey). In the television series ""The Simpsons"", the episode ""Treehouse of Horror XVI"" features the character Lisa seen reading ""Master of the Senate"" in the vignette ""Bart A.I."" Caro later guest-starred on the episode ""Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"". Robert Caro Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson. After working for many years as a reporter, Caro wrote ""The Power Broker"" (1974), a biography of New York"